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Anthony Fantano – The Needle Drop

Episode 512

Billing himself as "the internet's busiest music nerd," Anthony Fantano is the creator of The Needle Drop vlog. His musical career began while attending Southern Connecticut State University and working at his college radio station. He then began interning at Connecticut Public Radio, which lead to the creation of a...More

Billing himself as "the internet's busiest music nerd," Anthony Fantano is the creator of The Needle Drop vlog. His musical career began while attending Southern Connecticut State University and working at his college radio station. He then began interning at Connecticut Public Radio, which lead to the creation of a podcast called The Needle Drop. In 2009, he began experimenting with video while reviewing a Jay Reatard album. Slowly, Fantano accumulated views and likes on his online channel, which eventually resulted in a partnership with YouTube. By the end of 2010, he had accrued 10,000 subscribers. By the end of 2011, he had 50,000.

Today, The Needle Drop counts over a million subscribers. At the time of writing, some of Fantano's most-viewed videos include his reviews of Kanye West's Life of Pablo (approx. 1.8 million) Kendrick Lamar'sDAMN. (approx. 1.6 million) and To Pimp a Butterfly (approx. 2.3 million). His reviews sometimes feature fellow music critics, his wife, and his alter ego Cal Chuchesta. He has been profiled in The Guardian, spoken on a SXSW panel, and received the Beyond the Blog award at the MTV O Music Awards.